Improvement in india-rubber boots and shoes



L. ELLIOTT, Jr.

Improvement in India Rubber Boots and Shoes.

N0. 133,020, Patented Nov.12,1872.

A M PHD TOLITHGGHAFHIC C0. NXMSBORNL S PEOCESSL) LEWIS ELLIOTT, JR, OFNEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO L. CAN- DEE AND COMPANY, OF SAMEPLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN INDIA-RUBBER BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,020, dated November12, 1872.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS ELLIOTT, Jr., of New Haven, in the State ofConnecticut, have invented an Improvement in Rubber Boots and Shoes, ofwhich the following is a specification:

India-rubber boots and shoes have been made with a lining of felt, andwith woven or knitted fabrics. These substances cause the feet toperspire and do not allow the insensible vapors to pass away; henceboots and shoes of this character are disagreeable to the wearer, andactually unhealthy, as the foot becomes soft and tender, and the freeexhalations of perspiration are checked. Elforts have been made toobtain some lining material that would not be subject to theinconveniences and difficulties before mentioned.

After extended experiments and research I have discovered that materialmade in imitation of seal-skin is the best adapted to the lining ofboots and shoes, because it does not render the feet tender, but allowsperspiration to pass off, and the feet do not become too hot; neitherare they subject to becoming chilled, as is the case with boots or shoeslined with cotton or linen.

The artificial seal-skin is made with cotton warps and a weft ofcows-hair, sometimes having a slight admixture of wool, or of vegetablefiber. The woven material is napped so as to draw out the ends of thecows-hair in a manner that makes the fabric somewhat like a plush.

The rubber boot or shoe lined with this artificial seal-skin is a newarticle of manufacture, the same being more durable, cheap, easy to thefeet, and better for ventilation than shoes 7 Witnesses HENRY L.HOTGHKISS, J. OSBORN.

